2010 Rogue CVT Failing Under Warranty
Hello. I have a 2010 Rogue with 99,500 miles. After driving it at 75 MPH for 3 hours I stopped for gas. When starting up from a stop, it suddenly lost power and would barely accelerate even with the gas pedal floored. It continued to do this until the car was shut off for an hour. The symptoms are a match for CVT failure and pose a major safety hazard.
When I took the car to a Nissan dealer, they told me the transmission required a certain recorded temperature in order to qualify for replacement under the 10 yr/120,000 extended warranty, and my transmission had not reached that temperature. I was advised to continue driving the car and bring it back in a few weeks to have the recorded temperature rechecked.
Nissan's own language on this issue states "If CVT fluid temperature rises above a certain threshold, it will go into fluid protection logic mode (failsafe mode) as designed." I'd appreciate any assistance on how I can get Nissan to replace the transmission since the temperature was high enough to trigger the failure mode but too low to qualify under their extended warranty. Thanks.
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